| Beatriz Recari | |
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Recari in October 2009 |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Beatriz Recari Eransus |
| Born | 21 April 1987 Pamplona, Spain |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Nationality | Spain |
| Residence | Florida, U.S. |
| Career | |
| College | University of Navarra (one year) |
| Turned professional | 2005 |
| Current tour(s) | LPGA Tour (joined 2010) LET (joined 2006) |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| LPGA Tour | 1 |
| Ladies European Tour | 1 |
| Best results in LPGA Major Championships |
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| Kraft Nabisco C'ship | CUT: 2011 |
| LPGA Championship | T50: 2011 |
| U.S. Women's Open | T27: 2011 |
| Women's British Open | CUT: 2007, 2009–2011 |
Beatriz Recari Eransus (born 21 April 1987) is a Spanish professional golfer on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour.
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Born and raised in Pamplona in northern Spain, Recari began playing golf at age 11 and enjoyed a successful amateur career, with wins at the 2004 Spanish Amateur Championship and the 2005 French Amateur Championship. In 2004, she won the European Team Championship with Team Spain, and in 2003, finished runner-up at the British Girls Amateur Championship. In 2005, she was a member of Team Europe in the Junior Solheim Cup.
While studying economics at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Recari qualified for the Ladies European Tour in November 2005 and turned professional at age 18 for the 2006 LET season. She balanced professional golf with school in the spring of 2006, but after the completion of her first academic year, she concentrated on her golf career.
Recari won her first tournament as a pro in her fourth LET season at the 2009 Finnair Masters at Helsinki, Finland, where she holed out for an eagle two from 161 m (175 yd.) on the first playoff hole to win € 30,000.[1] Her best season to date as a professional, she finished 22nd on the 2009 LET Order of Merit (money list), with earnings of € 68,889.
At the LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament at Daytona Beach, Florida in December 2009, Recari tied for ninth to earn her LPGA Tour card for the 2010 season.[2] She ended 2009 ranked 175th in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[3]
During her first year on the LPGA Tour, Recari had made only three of thirteen cuts through September, and had missed the last five cuts. With under $43,000 in earnings, a return to the Qualifying Tournament appeared imminent, but a successful autumn run allowed her to finish with over $265,000, 39th on the money list. [4] She won her first LPGA event in October at the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge in northern California and made the cut in her final five events to finish runner-up to compatriot Azahara Muñoz for 2010 LPGA Rookie of the Year honors.[5] Recari ended the year at 56th in the Women's World Golf Rankings.[6]
| Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 2009 | Finnair Masters | 65–64–73=202 | -11 | Playoff1 | Iben Tinning | 30,000 |
1Holed out from the fairway for eagle on the first extra hole.
| Date | Tournament | Winning score |
To par | Margin of victory |
Runner-up | Winner's share ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Oct 2010 | CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge | 68–66–70–70=274 | -14 | 1 stroke | Gwladys Nocera | 165,000 |
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kraft Nabisco Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| LPGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T50 |
| U.S. Women's Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T27 |
| Women's British Open | CUT | DNP | CUT | CUT | CUT |
DNP = did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
| Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings (€) |
Order of Merit |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T20 | 24,990 | 73 | 73.84 | 87 |
| 2007 | 18 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 22,068 | 82 | 74.12 | 74 |
| 2008 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | T3 | 37,251 | 59 | 73.25 | 72 |
| 2009 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 68,893 | 22 | 72.18 | 26 |
| Year | Tournaments played |
Cuts made |
Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10s | Best finish |
Earnings ($) |
Money list rank |
Scoring average |
Scoring rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 265,466 | 39 | 72.57 | 56 |
| 2011 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 223,053 | 43 | 72.58 | 44 |